This playbook provides an overview of how GHG emissoins are measured in helathcare and information on the current state of GHG emsissions estimation in healthcare organizations across Canada.
This playbook identifies practices for incorporating climate change considerations and planetary health into organizational strategic plans to support the transition to sustainable, equitable health systems.
This playbook provides background information and implementation resources designed to address environmental sustainability in organizational readiness.
This playbook introduces the SE-QI framework and provides background information, resources, and considerations for embedding sustainability in healthcare improvement projects. It was developed in collaboration with key partners and experts in QI across Canada. It serves as a resource for clinicians, health care professionals, students, trainees, and decision-makers involved in QI work, aiming to inform them of: Sustainability-Embedded Quality Improvement (SE-QI) positions quality improvement (QI) as a practical pathway for embedding sustainability within clinical and operational practice. This playbook introduces the SE-QI framework and provides background information, resources, and considerations for embedding sustainability in healthcare improvement projects. It was developed in collaboration with key partners and experts in QI across Canada. It serves as a resource for clinicians, health care professionals, students, trainees, and decision-makers involved in QI work, aiming to inform them of:
Why SE-QI is an essential and practical approach to quality improvement in healthcare,
What tools are available to support planning and implementation, and
how to effectively implement SE-QI into practice to advance high-quality, low-carbon, resilient healthcare.
This toolkit will help individuals and teams incorporate environmental sustainability into quality improvement (QI) initiatives, and envision how you can adjust, measure and report those impacts.
Sustainability in Quality Improvement
Sustainability in Quality Improvement (SusQI) is an approach to improving healthcare in a holistic way, by assessing quality and value through the sustainable value lens. In SusQI, the health outcomes of a service are measured against its environmental, social and economic costs and impacts to determine its “sustainable value”.
These tools are designed for both patients and healthcare professionals, to help guide discussions surrounding treatment options and to improve the management of asthma and COPD.
Inhaler devices can vary greatly in their carbon footprint. Some inhaler devices, called metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) use a propellant that is a potent greenhouse gas which harms the environment. However, even among MDIs there is variability in carbon footprint. We created inhaler conversation aids to promote climate-conscious prescribing at the point-of-care and help to select the right inhaler for the right patient.
